My First "Real" Kokanee

I used to fish for trout and would "luck" into a small kokanee once in awhile. I didn't know you could actually catch these guys larger than about 10 inches...until I tied into this one on flashers and a worm. Now I'm hooked on fishing for Kokes. Size 16 inches. Location: Huntington Lake. Glad this forum exists. Nice people here.

  1. 19.5 lb German Brown

  2. Friend Bob Fogg and I with celebrity fish

  3. How about it, guys...a wife that cleans fish!

  4. Terminal Tackle. UV Sling Blade by Shasta Tackle and a glow white hoochie.

  5. bigkoke

  6. stretchgregorinlakeb

  7. New Melones 5/14/09

  8. New Melones 5/15/09

  9. Seat bulkhead showing bracket supports and electrical plug receptacle

  10. Finished installation with 'rigger plugged in. Wiring goes back to battery beneath the floorboards.

  11. Dowrigger seat mount showing bolts through bulkhead.

  12. Top view of aluminum support brackets and wood plate. Wood plate serves to hold tee-nuts to bolt downrigger standoff.

  13. Screws keep the tee-nuts from vibrating out of wood plate.

  14. A little surgery on the seat flotation foam to make room for support brackets and wiring under seat.

  15. Bench seat cavity showing downrigger support brackets attached to front and rear bulkheads.

  16. First kokanee at Lake Berryessa. Caught within 5 minutes of starting. 14 1/2 inches.

  17. My boat on Lake Berryessa. 15 ft. Gregor

  18. My wife with half of the day's catch

  19. All you have to do to get a fish to bite is to get busy doing something else!

  20. Fishing on Lake Berryessa with new downrigger setup.

  21. First "real" kokanee. 16 inches.

  22. A few "real" kokanee (and a trout) that got me hooked on fishing for these guys.
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